Table 6. 18 U.S.C. 242 - Disposition Reasons by Fiscal Year

	Fiscal Year					Total	Percent
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total	1,942	1,810	1,578	1,267	230	6,827	100.0
Agency request	43	67	32	52	16	210	3.1
Bench Trial (District Court)	-	1	-	-	-	1	0.0
Civil, admin or other disciplinary alternatives	36	38	39	12	-	125	1.8
Declined per instructions from DOJ	317	376	366	231	34	1,324	19.4
Defendant similarly charged in subsequent instrument	-	1	1	-	-	2	0.0
Department Policy	2	8	1	-	-	11	0.2
Dism: by govt from District Court w/ DOJ authorization	1	-	2	-	-	3	0.0
Dism: by govt from District Court w/o DOJ authorization	3	3	1	1	-	8	0.1
Dism: by govt from Magistrate Court w/ DOJ authorization	1	-	-	-	-	1	0.0
Dism: by govt from Magistrate Court w/o DOJ authorization	2	-	-	-	-	2	0.0
Dismissed: by defense motion (District Court)	-	1	-	-	-	1	0.0
Jurisdiction or venue problems	4	4	5	1	-	14	0.2
Jury Trial (District Court)	10	8	14	17	-	49	0.7
Juvenile suspect	3	-	1	-	-	4	0.1
Lack of evidence of criminal intent	382	467	269	215	58	1,391	20.4
Lack of investigative resources	-	7	7	10	3	27	0.4
Lack of prosecutive resources	7	9	11	16	-	43	0.6
Local Agency Referral Presented by Federal Agency	1	-	-	-	-	1	0.0
Minimal federal interest or no deterrent value	70	23	4	5	5	107	1.6
Mistrial (District Court)	1	-	-	-	-	1	0.0
No federal offense evident	245	106	139	99	10	599	8.8
No known suspect	47	20	13	6	2	88	1.3
Offenders age, health, prior record, or personal matter	1	1	-	3	-	5	0.1
Office policy	3	16	13	12	2	46	0.7
Petite policy	1	1	2	-	2	6	0.1
Plea (District Court)	15	22	29	23	3	92	1.3
Plea (Magistrate Court)	3	-	-	2	-	5	0.1
Plea to other charge(s) (District Court)	-	1	1	-	-	2	0.0
Pretrial diversion completed	1	-	1	1	-	3	0.0
Staleness	15	1	-	6	1	23	0.3
Statute of Limitations	56	55	33	16	1	161	2.4
Suspect being prosecuted on other charges (e.g., UFAPs)	4	2	-	1	-	7	0.1
Suspect deceased	-	5	2	-	1	8	0.1
Suspect serving sentence	2	-	3	-	-	5	0.1
Suspect to be prosecuted by other authorities	36	32	23	26	3	120	1.8
Suspects cooperation	1	3	-	-	-	4	0.1
Weak or insufficient admissible evidence	517	500	546	490	86	2,139	31.3
Witness problems	111	27	20	21	3	182	2.7
Joinder with defendants in another case (District Court)	-	5	-	1	-	6	0.1
Not specified	1	-	-	-	-	1	0.0